Cases — October 14th through 20th, 2018

Discrimination/Retaliation *Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (10th Cir., October 18, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Kaiser on Palmer’s race discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment claims: the differences in job descriptions raised created no issues of fact) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Praytor v. Commissioner (10th Cir., October 19, 2018) (reversing denial of […]

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Cases — July 29th through August 4th, 2018

Discrimination/Retaliation*Muller v. Perdue (10th Cir., August 1, 2018) (affirming dismissal of retaliation and defamation claims:  the court below did not abuse its discretion)*Williams v. SKF USA, Inc. (10th Cir., August 1,2018) (affirming final judgment against him on his hostile-work-environment claims: there is no basis for reversal)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Otero v. Commissioner, SSA (10th Cir., August […]

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Cases — March 25th through 31st, 2018

Discrimination/Retaliation*Milam v. Pafford EMS (10th Cir., March 30, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Pafford on Milam’s hostile environment and religious and national-origin discrimination claims)ERISA and Employee Pension PlansDeseret Book Company v. Dept. of Workforce Services (Utah Ct. App., March 29, 2018) (declining to disturb determination that holiday actress was Deseret employee: the Board’s conclusion […]

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Cases — February 11th through 17th, 2018

Discrimination/Retaliation *Campos v. Mantech International Corporation (10th Cir., February 13, 2018) (affirming denial of Rule 60(b) motion for reconsideration: such a motion is not the appropriate way to present arguments that could have been raised previously, nor as a substitute for taking an appeal) *Gatewood v. VA GOV. Compensation (10th Cir., February 13, 2018) (affirming dismissal of […]

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Cases — January 21st through 27th, 2018

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Zimmerman v. University of Utah (Utah, January 23, 2018) (notice of termination may be an adverse employment action (independent of actual termination) sufficient to trigger the running of the 180-day filing limitation) Discrimination/Retaliation*Young v. City of Idabel (10th Cir., January 26, 2018) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Idabel: Young failed to show […]

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Cases — December 4th through 10th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Stapp v. Curry County Board of Commissioners (10th Cir., December 6, 2016) (affirming summary judgement for Curry County on Stapp’s Age Discrimination claims: constructive discharge, hostile work environment, and retaliation)*Dye v. Moniz (10th Cir., December 6, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Moniz on Dye’s disability discrimination and hostile work environment claims because the undisputed […]

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Cases — August 21st through 27th

Discrimination/Retaliation  *Panicker v. Oklahoma City (10th Cir., August 23, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Panicker’s discrimination and hostile work environment claims for failure to obtain service (on individual defendants) and for expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (on the city)) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety & Disease *Jazvin v. Colvin (10th Cir., August 24, 2016) (affirming denial […]

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Cases — August 7th through 13th

Discrimination/RetaliationBird v. West Valley City (10th Cir., August 8, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of West Valley on Bird’s gender-discrimination and hostile-work-environment claims; but reversing on Bird’s claim of First-Amendment retaliation claim) *Ridgell-Boltz v. Colvin (10th Cir., August 10, 2016) (affirming denial of attorneys’ fees, but reversing the district court’s order dismissing Ridgell-Boltz’s hostile-work-environment […]

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Cases — July 17th through 23rd

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination*Williams v. McKee (10th Cir., July 20, 2016) (affirming dismissal of Williams’ ss 1983 claims for termination in violation of due process because his complaint failed to state any constitutional violation, and refusal to exercise jurisdiction of Williams’ state-law retaliation claim)Discrimination / Retaliation*Hollis v. Aerotek, Inc. (10th Cir., July 19, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in […]

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Cases — January 24th through 30th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Montoya v. Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Inc. (10th Cir., January 25, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant because Montoya failed to show pretext for either her discrimination claim or herretaliation claim)*Mancell v. McHugh, Secretary of the Army (10th Cir., January 25, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant on Mancell’s discrimination and retaliation […]

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